memeorandum: Classmate: Kavanaugh drank heavily

3:53 AM ET, September 30, 2018

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White House limits scope of the FBI's investigation into the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh — The FBI has not been permitted to investigate the claims of Julie Swetnick, a White House official confirmed to NBC News. — WASHINGTON — The White House is limiting the scope …

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:

White House Directs FBI to Interview First Two Kavanaugh Accusers, But Not the Third — FBI probe won't include interviewing Julie Swetnick, drawing criticism from her attorney — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been instructed by the White House to interview two of the women …

Discussion: Mediaite

New York Times:

Details of F.B.I.'s Kavanaugh Inquiry Show Its Restricted Range — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Saturday that the F.B.I. will have “free rein” to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, but the emerging contours of the inquiry showed its limited scope.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and NBC News

Victoria McGrane / BostonGlobe.com:

Warren says she will ‘take a hard look at running for president’ — HOLYOKE - US Senator Elizabeth Warren made her most definitive indication to date that she is mulling a run for the White House in 2020, telling a town hall crowd Saturday that she will take a “hard look at running for president” after the Nov. 6 midterm elections.

Discussion: CBS News, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Politico, Splinter and Axios

ACLU:

In Rare Move, ACLU to Oppose Kavanaugh for Supreme Court — NEW YORK — In the wake of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's sworn testimony of sexual abuse at the hands of Brett Kavanaugh, the American Civil Liberties Union has announced its opposition to his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Discussion: Washington Post, HuffPost, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos

Mike Rogoway / Oregonian:

Julie Swetnick, a Brett Kavanaugh accuser, faced misconduct allegations at Portland company — Julie Swetnick, one of the women accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, faced allegations of her own misconduct during a short stint at a Portland tech company 18 years ago.

Discussion: Political Wire

Shane Harris / Washington Post:
FBI reaches out to second woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct

Discussion: HuffPost, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Florida Politics, CNN, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, TheBlaze, Splinter, Vox, Mother Jones, NBC News, Mediaite, New York Times and Bloomberg

McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Jeff Flake Explains Himself

Discussion: Hit & Run, IJR, Mediaite, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mother Jones, Axios, CNN and USA Today

Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Fewer Believe Brett Kavanaugh Than His Accuser, Poll Finds

Discussion: Political Wire

Anthony Rivas / ABC News:
Avenatti says client is ‘telling the truth’ about Brett Kavanaugh, waiting for FBI interview

Discussion: The Daily Beast and Political Wire

Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Flake plans to support Kavanaugh after FBI investigates ‘unless they turn up something’

Discussion: Breitbart, IJR, Mediaite and The Atlantic

CNN:

Classmate: Kavanaugh drank heavily - CNN Video — Liz Swisher, former Yale classmate of Brett Kavanaugh, told CNN's Chris Cuomo she never saw Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh be sexually aggressive, but said that he lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his drinking habits.

Discussion: The Hill, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones

Washington Post:

FBI reaches out to Deborah Ramirez, a woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct — The FBI has begun contacting people as part of an additional background investigation of Kavanaugh, according to people familiar with the unfolding investigation.

Discussion: Political Wire, The Reality-Based Community, Breitbart and ABC News

Lauren Egan / NBC News:

Trump asks if Feinstein leaked allegation against Kavanaugh, says FBI probe may be ‘blessing in disguise’ — The president told reporters he fully supported his Supreme Court nominee and said he has no backup plan to replace him. — WHEELING, West Virginia — President Donald Trump …

Discussion: RedState

Press Herald:

Our View: Brett Kavanaugh has shown he doesn't belong on the Supreme Court — The man who testified Thursday can't control his temper, he is overtly partisan and he doesn't always tell the truth. — BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD — Dr. Christine Blasey Ford delivered emotionally devastating …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Lawyers, Guns & Money and ThinkProgress

Jim VandeHei / Axios:

The miscalculation haunting Trump, Kavanaugh — Imagine if Brett Kavanaugh had offered his emotional, tearful, you-ruined-my-life opening speech to the Judiciary Committee — and then called for a quick FBI probe to clear his name and perhaps find the true assailant.

Discussion: Politico and Hullabaloo

Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Christine Blasey Ford's friend is not refuting Ford's allegation, will cooperate with FBI, lawyer says

Discussion: National Review, HuffPost, CBS Baltimore, Patterico's Pontifications, twitchy.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire and Mother Jones

William Saletan / Slate:
Kavanaugh Lied to the Judiciary Committee—Repeatedly

Discussion: HuffPost, TheBlaze and ABC News

Grace Segers / CBS News:
Nancy Pelosi calls Brett Kavanaugh “hysterical,” says he is unfit to serve on the Supreme Court

Discussion: Washington Times and CBS Los Angeles

BostonGlobe.com:
The lies that senators must tell themselves to support Brett Kavanaugh

Discussion: The Intercept and New York Times

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Republicans Should Not Have Delayed the Kavanaugh Vote

Discussion: Common Dreams and United States Senate Committee …

The Daily Beast:
Brett Kavanaugh Can Be Saved. Things Don't Look So Good For The Supreme Court Though.

Discussion: Breitbart

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is July 1, 1982 party key to Christine Ford's allegation against Brett Kavanaugh?

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Power Line, The Daily Caller and POLITICUSUSA

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Capitol Hill Ralph Club — Brett Kavanaugh faces his moment of truth in a town that doesn't care about truth. — WASHINGTON — I never thought it could be as brutal. — The same Republican gargoyles who once tore Anita Hill limb from limb knew they had to tread gingerly, with women at the barricades.

Mara Gay / New York Times:

Make My Sexual Assault Count — What America owes women right now. — Ms. Gay is a member of the editorial board. — I was at my favorite bar recently, just a few blocks from my apartment, when the boy who raped me came over to say hello and give me a kiss on the cheek.

Sarah Hepola / New York Times: Kavanaugh and the Blackout Theory

Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Maryland Authorities Say They Will Investigate Kavanaugh if Ford Files Complaint

Discussion: Townhall, JONATHAN TURLEY and Montgomery County, MD Police

Doree Lewak / New York Post:

Israeli student at Columbia says she's being bullied by Palestinian group … As an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, Ofir Dayan served in hostile territory in Gaza and Lebanon. But, the undergrad told The Post, nothing prepared her for life at Columbia University.

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:

The Moral-Panic Phase — Why is the Kavanaugh nomination causing people to lose their minds? — D — ear Reader (Including everybody who'd just like a time-out), — Maybe it's because I've been getting so much grief from left and right for the alleged sin of “both sides-ism” …